Amsterdam, 28 February 2014 – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Holland (MSF) has been ordered by the Union Government of Myanmar to cease all activities in the country. MSF is deeply shocked by this unilateral decision and extremely concerned about the fate of tens of thousands of patients currently under our care across the country. … Read more
Kabul, February 25, 2014 – After more than a decade of international aid and investment, access to basic and emergency medical care in Afghanistan remains severely limited and sorely ill-adapted to meet growing needs created by the ongoing conflict, reveals a report released today by the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). … Read more
Juba / Amsterdam / Barcelona / New York, 26 February 2014 — As entire towns in South Sudan suffer devastating attacks, medical care has also come under fire, with patients shot in their beds, wards burned to the ground, medical equipment looted, and, in one case, an entire hospital destroyed, the international medical humanitarian organisation … Read more
Effort to Derail Patent Law Reforms and Keep Drug Prices High Must be Challenged JOHANNESBURG/NEWYORK, JANUARY 21, 2014—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctor Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urging the South African government to continue to stand strong against a broad, multinational pharmaceutical industry effort to undermine and delay the efforts to reform patent … Read more
Juba, January 17, 2014 – Thousands of people are at risk of being left without desperately needed medical care after the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to suspend activities in Malakal, South Sudan, following the looting of its compounds. “Armed men entered the MSF compound in Malakal twice yesterday, where … Read more
Amidst ongoing clashes in South Sudan, MSF Calls on All Actors to Respect Right to Medical Assistance JUBA, DECEMBER 27, 2013—The volatile and rapidly evolving security situation in South Sudan is limiting the movement of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams and making it difficult to provide aid to those who need it most. … Read more
MSF medical teams stand ready to provide emergency medical assistance Rome, 20 December 2013 – The first aid and reception centre for migrants and asylum seekers on the Italian island of Lampedusa, must immediately be evacuated, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. The centre must be closed temporarily to allow for a radical … Read more
In Open Letter, MSF Calls for Increased Cross-Border Aid for Syrians December 18, 2013—Greatly increased humanitarian aid must be delivered across Syria’s borders, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urged in an open letter to a group of countries meeting at the United Nations tomorrow to discuss assistance for Syrians … Read more
The hospitals in the northern city of Aleppo have found themselves overwhelmed after a wave of airstrikes killed over 100 people and left many more injured in the last few days, according to local medical sources. The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the hospitals in the area with medical … Read more
Brussels, 12 Dec 2013 – As UN humanitarian organisations agree to further mobilise resources in response to the humanitarian crisis in Central African Republic (CAR), MSF has released an open letter addressed to Valérie Amos, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, expressing that this decision has to be urgently translated in reality. It urges … Read more